House of Lords London European Union Committee SW1A 0PW www.parliament.uk/hleuc The primary purpose of the House of Lords European Union Select Committee is to scrutinise EU law in draft before the Government take a position on it in the EU Council of Ministers. This scrutiny is frequently carried out through correspondence with Ministers. Such correspondence, including Ministerial replies and other materials, is published where appropriate. This edition includes correspondence from 4 June 2014 - 30 March 2015 EXTERNAL AFFAIRS (SUB-COMMITTEE C) CONTENTS ACCESSION OF AFGHANISTAN TO THE WORLD TRADE ORGANISATION (UNNUMBERED) . 7 ACCESSION OF ECUADOR TO THE TRADE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN UNION AND COLOMBIA AND PERU (UNNUMBERED) ............................................................................................... 7 A EUROPEAN UNION MARITIME SECURITY STRATEGY (7537/14) .......................................................... 7 A NEW DEAL FOR EUROPEAN DEFENCE: IMPLEMENTATION ROADMAP FOR COMMUNICATION COM(2013)542; TOWARDS A MORE COMPETITIVE AND EFFICIENT DEFENCE AND SECURITY SECTOR (11358/14) ................................................................................................ 8 APPLICATION OF SPECIFIC MEASURES TO COMBAT TERRORISM, AND REPEALING DECISION 2014/72/CFSP (UNNUMBERED) ............................................................................................................................... 9 ASSOCIATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN UNION AND THE EUROPEAN ATOMIC ENERGY COMMUNITY AND THEIR MEMBER STATES, OF THE ONE PART, AND THE REPUBLIC OF GEORGIA, OF THE OTHER PART (7941/14) ........................................................................11 ASSOCIATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN UNION AND THE EUROPEAN ATOMIC ENERGY COMMUNITY AND THEIR MEMBER STATES, OF THE ONE PART, AND THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA, OF THE OTHER PART (7944/14) .....................................................................13 ASSOCIATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN UNION AND THE EUROPEAN ATOMIC ENERGY COMMUNITY AND THEIR MEMBER STATES, OF THE ONE PART, AND THE REPUBLIC OF TURKMENISTAN, OF THE OTHER PART (UNNUMBERED) ..........................................15 ASSOCIATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN UNION AND THE EUROPEAN ATOMIC ENERGY COMMUNITY AND THEIR MEMBER STATES, OF THE ONE PART, AND THE REPUBLIC OF UKRAINE, OF THE OTHER PART (13519/14) ......................................................................16 ASSOCIATION AGREEMENT(S) WITH ANDORRA, MONACO AND SAN MARINO: ADOPTION OF NEGOTIATING MANDATE (UNNUMBERED) ..........................................................................................16 1 A STRONGER ROLE OF THE PRIVATE SECTOR IN ACHIEVING INCLUSIVE AND SUSTAINABLE GROWTH IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES (9802/14) .....................................................................................17 CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC – STATUS OF MISSION AGREEMENT (SOMA) (UNNUMBERED) ...........................................................................................................................................................................................18 CITATION OF ARTICLE 28 TEU IN COUNCIL DECISIONS RELATING TO EU SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVES (UNNUMBERED) ..................................................................................................................18 COMMON SECURITY AND DEFENCE POLICY (CSDP) MISSION IN THE PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES: EUBAM RAFAH (UNNUMBERED) ............................................................................................19 COMMON SECURITY AND DEFENCE POLICY: POLICING IN AFGHANISTAN (UNNUMBERED) ...........................................................................................................................................................................................23 CONSEQUENCES OF RUSSIA’S ILLEGAL ANNEXATION OF CRIMEA – EU RESPONSE (UNNUMBERED) .........................................................................................................................................................23 CO-OPERATION BETWEEN THE UNITED NATIONS AND THE EUROPEAN UNION IN CRISIS MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS (UNNUMBERED) ...........................................................................................24 COUNCIL DECISION LAUNCHING THE EUROPEAN UNION CSDP MISSION IN MALI (EUCAP SAHEL MALI) AND AMENDING DECISION 2014/219/CFSP (UNNUMBERED) ....................................24 DEVELOPMENT FOREIGN AFFAIRS COUNCIL, FOREIGN AFFAIRS COUNCIL, AND GENERAL AFFAIRS COUNCIL: 12-16 DECEMBER (UNNUMBERED) ............................................................................25 ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT WITH THE WEST AFRICAN REGION (13263/14, 13217/14) ........................................................................................................................................................................29 ELEMENTS FOR AN EU STRATEGY ON PUBLIC SECURITY IN CENTRAL AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN (10108/14) .............................................................................................................................................30 ENGAGING WITH THE EU INSTITUTIONS ON UK PARLIAMENTARY SCRUTINY (UNNUMBERED) .........................................................................................................................................................31 ESTABLISHING A MECHANISM TO ADMINISTER THE FINANCING OF THE COMMON COSTS OF EUROPEAN UNION OPERATIONS HAVING MILITARY OR DEFENCE IMPLICATIONS (ATHENA) (18066/11) ................................................................................................................................................31 EU-ALGERIA RELATIONS (11520/14) ...................................................................................................................32 EU AND BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA: STABILISATION AND ASSOCIATION AGREEMENT (UNNUMBERED) .........................................................................................................................................................32 EUCAP NESTOR (UNNUMBERED) .......................................................................................................................33 EU CSDP MISSION IN NIGER (UNNUMBERED) ..............................................................................................34 EU CENTRAL ASIA STRATEGY (UNNUMBERED)...........................................................................................35 EU CHINA INVESTMENT AGREEMENT (UNNUMBERED) ..........................................................................36 2 EU CSDP: UPDATE ON PREPARATIONS FOR THE JUNE 2015 EUROPEAN COUNCIL ON DEFENCE (UNNUMBERED) ....................................................................................................................................37 EU - FIJI – ARTICLE 96 OF THE COTONOU AGREEMENT, DISCONTINUANCE OF SPECIAL MEASURES (UNNUMBERED) ..................................................................................................................................39 EU FOREIGN AFFAIRS COUNCIL 21 NOVEMBER 2014 - PRE-COUNCIL WRITTEN MINISTERIAL STATEMENT (UNNUMBERED) ..............................................................................................................................39 EU FOREIGN AFFAIRS COUNCIL (TRADE) 8 MAY (UNNUMBERED) .....................................................40 EU GULF OF GUINEA ACTION PLAN 2015-2020 (5222/15) .......................................................................40 EU MARITIME SECURITY STRATEGY – ACTION PLAN (UNNUMBERED) ............................................41 EU MILITARY ADVISORY MISSION IN THE CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC (UNNUMBERED) ....41 EU MONITORING MISSION IN GEORGIA (UNNUMBERED) .....................................................................45 EULEX RULE OF LAW MISSION IN KOSOVO (UNNUMBERED) ..............................................................48 EU POLICING MISSION AFGHANISTAN (EUPOL) (UNNUMBERED) ......................................................50 EU PROCESS FOR SANCTIONS LISTINGS AND REVIEWS (UNNUMBERED) ......................................53 EU REGIONAL STRATEGY FOR SYRIA AND IRAQ AS WELL AS THE DA’ESH THREAT (UNNUMBERED) .........................................................................................................................................................56 EUROPEAN DEFENCE AGENCY: DRAFT BUDGET 2015 (UNNUMBERED) .........................................56 EUROPEAN DEFENCE AGENCY STEERING BOARD MEETING, 18 NOVEMBER 2014 (UNNUMBERED) .........................................................................................................................................................57 EUROPEAN EXTERNAL ACTION SERVICE (UNNUMBERED) ...................................................................58 EU - SINGAPORE PARTNERSHIP AND COOPERATION AGREEMENT (UNNUMBERED) ..............58 EU SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVES FOR AFGHANISTAN MANDATE – BUDGET INFORMATION (UNNUMBERED) .........................................................................................................................................................61 EU SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS (UNNUMBERED) ..............................................63 EU SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE HORN OF AFRICA (UNNUMBERED).................................63 EU SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE SAHEL (UNNUMBERED) .........................................................65 EU SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE SOUTH CAUCASUS AND THE CRISIS IN GEORGIA (UNNUMBERED) .........................................................................................................................................................66